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C. Michael Foale PhD CBE (born 6 January 1957 ) is a British -born astronaut with Dual UK- US citizenship; he is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station . He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and holds the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. Born in Louth and raised in Cambridge , Foale was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College , Cambridge University , receiving a Doctorate in laboratory astrophysics in 1982 . Foale joined the mission operations division of NASA in 1983 and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1987 . He flew on space shuttle missions STS-45 ( 1992 ), STS-56 ( 1993 ) and STS-63 ( 1995 ). In the latter mission he undertook a four-hour EVA . He was then selected for an extended mission aboard the Russian Mir space station. During a four month stay on Mir in 1997 , Mir was struck by a Progress resupply vessel and Foale conducted a 6-hour EVA to inspect exterior damage. (click to enlarge)]] In 1999 , Foale was a member of space shuttle mission STS-103 , during which he conducted an 8-hour spacewalk to replace components of the Hubble Space Telescope . In 2003 , Foale was named commander of International Space Station Expedition 8 with cosmonaut Alexandr Kaleri . His six-month tour of duty on the station ended on April 29 , 2004 . He was awarded a CBE in the diplomatic list of the New Year Honours in December 2004 . He is currently Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Operations at NASA HQ, Washington D.C. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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